At 11, the days of her solemn
communion were marked by a special experience: the divine energy she
knew well descended to the earthly world, making it wonderfully beautiful,
while she was overwhelmed by limitless love and bliss. At 12, her father
died: the time of responsibilities had already come for she had to assist
her mother in caring her little brothers and sisters.
At 17, Maitreyi Amma wished to go to India. During her adolescence,
her soul was indeed nourished not only by Christ and the Virgin Mary
but also by a yogi, who instructed her. Above all, she had the inner
certainty that she had a high mission to fulfil, the first step of which
was to meet a great sage in India. But the age of legal majority was
then set at 21 and her family forbade her leaving. The Virgin appeared
to her and made her understand that the time of her mission had not
come and that she had to experience family life in the West. She married
and got two sons. She was not spared the hardships but faced them without
getting discouraged. Her intense spiritual life went on in parallel
with her active life as a mother.
India, the Land of Sages
In 1996,
her sons having become adults, Maitreyi Amma was free to accomplish
her quest at last: she left to India. In Delhi, she had a very great
experience: the Divine appeared to her in the form of light, He guided
her and asked her to serve Him in Benares. She made her Seva in one
year, caring for the children of the Ghats (steps leading down to the
Ganges or Ganga river) and giving them solace. She became a Mother in
Benares.
Then she continued her journey, making a great number of pilgrimages
throughout India and the Himalayas, periods of retreat in a cave near
Rishikesh, and with high experiences marking her returns to France.
During this time she met many great Indian masters.
The Encounter
Her thirst for Truth remained
unsatisfied, so she implored the Divine, first at Benares on the bank
of the Ganga, and then at Kudacatri, Sankaracarya’s montain above
Kollur, to let her meet the one with whom she would fulfill her true
mission. Then one day in February 2000, in Kollur (Karnataka), she felt
thirsty and "by chance" entered a house. Sri Tathata gave
her some water. She immediately recognised him as the most purely divine
being on earth, and also as the yogi who used to support and instruct
her during her childhood.
From that moment on, he guided her telepathicly every day for a year.
In February 2001, she received telepathic messages urging her to go
to Sri Tathata’s ashram. When she arrived there, her heart was
filled with immense joy and she knew that her new life had begun.
A few weeks later, Sri Tathata initiated her into his particular pranayama.
After spending some months at his side, he asked her to return to France
to begin the mission.
The Mission
Since then she has been travelling throughout the world, giving conferences,
teachings and Darshans. The most intense moments are during her darshans,
as she is in Union with Sri Tathata and also radiates the light and
grace of the Divine Mother. Many are struck by her joy, her love and
her wisdom which puts fresh light on the various aspects of life in
the West. Her radiance was recognized by the Prize for Peace of the
Italian Association Shanti Mandir in September 2006.
At the same time, Maitreyi Amma has been speaking tiredlessly of Sri
Tathata and his high mission for mankind to all those whom she met since
2002. This has led more and more Western people to go to India to receive
Sri Tathata’s teachings and initiations. In 2007, a major development
took place: Sri Tathata accepted Maitreyi Amma’s invitation to
come to France in Europe. A property was then bought in the Lot (South
West France) and a centre was born, named “Le Jardin de Safran”.
Sri Tathata’s coming to France was an immense success, more than
1000 people coming to receive his teachings and initiations. After his
new coming to Europe in 2008, Sri Tathata named Maitreyi Amma co-chairman
of the organization committee of the Mahayaga, great Vedic ritual which
he conducted in February, 2009 in Kerala (India). 500 Westerners come
to attend this immense spiritual event.